Sponge Cake for dessert anyone?

We have had an abundance of eggs lately as our girls have been performing fantastically so I asked what the family wanted for dessert and it was a unanimous.."Sponge Cake please!"
So here is a fairly simple sponge cake recipe which is very light and moist and the best thing is, it only has four ingredients.

Sponge Cake

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cup plain flour
  • 6 eggs, at room temperature
  • 3/4 cup caster sugar
  • 60 g melted butter

Method

  • Grease 2 x deep, 20cm round cake tins and line bases with baking paper.
  • Sift flour three times to aerate it
  • Preheat oven to 180C. Using an electric mixer, beat eggs and sugar in a large bowl on medium-high speed for 6 minutes, or until mixture is thick, pale and tripled in volume.
  • Gradually sift flour over egg mixture, add melted butter, while simultaneously folding in with a large metal spoon until just combined. Divide mixture between prepared tins.
  • Bake for 20 minutes, or until cakes have shrunk away from the sides slightly and spring back when gently touched.
  • Turn out on to baking paper-lined wire racks. Carefully peel away baking paper, then leave to cool.
  • When cool, fill with cream, jam, fruit or whatever takes your fancy

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Comments

  1. Melinda @ Here We Go Loopy Lou21 July 2009 at 03:04

    Thanks for such a lovely recipe. My Nan used to make the most amazing sponges.

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  2. Nikki21 July 2009 at 03:41

    Your sponge looks amazing. I love that you take photos to go with the Method. It's like watching you bake.

    A cooking question.... why do the eggs need to be at room temperature?

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  3. daylesford organics21 July 2009 at 04:29

    Yay for your chookies behaving so well! That sponge looks and sounds delicious and doable. I'm definitely going to have a go. ps Thanks so much for all your lovely comments on my blog. XX

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  4. Anonymous21 July 2009 at 05:38

    Oh yumm!!! It looks so good!

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  5. Little Eve21 July 2009 at 05:59

    The photos you took are so good, makes me want to put this on the menu very soon!

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  6. Anonymous21 July 2009 at 21:23

    Yummmmmmmmmmm

    Did you end up getting anymore recipe ideas for eggwhites? I still have a carton in my fridge!

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  7. JoeyfromSC23 July 2009 at 17:31

    thanks so much for the comment on my blog!:)

    You have a very nice blog..thanks for the recipe..looks delicious!

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